Glad I bought American /JD

390GT · Jun 22, 2006

Local dealer is American company (not refering to product manufacturer)
USA factory Employes American workers (not refering to product manufacturer) American Company keeps money (profit + taxes) in USA. Buy what you want. I try to keep as many Americans in the process as I am able.

Miller_tractor · Jun 22, 2006

I thought 05 series were made in mexico, when I used to look them up it would say they are being shipped from mexico anyway.

Nuru · Jun 22, 2006

Could you tell if the poster who was proud they bought a tractor made overseas a member of the U.S. Senate?

Robertsen · Jun 23, 2006

I recently bought a Kubota L3130. When comparing it to an equivalent size JD, I was impressed with the beefy look of the JD, but the loader looked comparatively flimsy compared to the kubota loader. I'm not sure what moder JD it was, but the sales rep told me the loader and other parts of JD are made in China. Glad I bought Kubota.

turbo36 · Jun 23, 2006

Gator boy, it seems we can always count on you for a refreshing positve reply. Keep up the good work!

Tombo · Jun 23, 2006

My 4110 was made in Japan, but the backhoe was made in the US an dthe loader was made in Canada.

pruntyc · Jun 23, 2006

Of course my 4110 was made in Japan, but John Deere is making a plenty on them, anyway, so part of the money, probably a big part is staying in America. And it was my understanding that the tractors are only put together in Georgia, hard to tell, where some of the parts for them came from. I'm not sure you can find any tractor that is 100% made in this country, or much of anything else for that matter. Just my 2 cents worth.

BattalionChief · Jun 25, 2006

I will have to repeat what was said above:
"....Buy what you want. I try to keep as many Americans in the process as I am able."

Heck, I know it is difficult to find something these days that is not made in China.. but with this large purchase, I had an obvious choice (for me)... i chose to pay a little extra...

By the way, not sure what loader you looked at, but the 522 loader is not "comparatively flimsy." My neighbor has a Kubota w/fel (nice tractor, good quality), ...I can see the difference..
Isn't this the "JD owning/operating" forum?

AND (to add some humor) I "get" to wear a John Deere hat, a "Nothing Runs Like a Deere" t-shirt, and I get to drink coffee from a John Deere mug!!!

Put that in your pipe and smoke it! (lol)

OK.. I'll stop before I get any more "testy"...

Also in the garage:
Ford F-250 4x4
Ford E-250 conversion van
Ford E-350 Super Duty RV
Chev 1500 Suburban

Haoleguy · Jun 25, 2006

BattalionChief - Last year I bought my JD5325 on quality, ergonomics, and to a small extent that JD was headquartered in the US. Not for a moment did I kid myself that everything on my JD was made in the US but I knew the design specifications sent offshore for parts manufacture were to JD standards and that the assembly took place in the US. When I purchased the 5325 the delivery date was set and missed even when my dealer checked the delivery status within a day of his expected receipt of tractor. On the day of delivery he called me and said that manufacturing changed the delivery status to a later date. I found the email address for JD on their homepage and fired off a concerned email based on their delivery status monitoring system. The next day I received a personal phone call from JD headquarters and the person knew my order, the status, the reason for the delay, and when I could expect the tractor. This was a refreshing experience to me in that they called me to answer my concerns and it was not a hired responder service. After one year I'm pleased with my tractor, the dealer, and the company.... but I know that they offshore work just like any other multi-national company based here in the US.

BattalionChief · Jun 27, 2006

Miller_tractor said:
I thought 05 series were made in mexico, when I used to look them up it would say they are being shipped from mexico anyway.

AN FYI:
From what I have been able to find out, my 5000 series tractor was put together in Augusta, Georgia. I am not sure any 5000 series are made in Mexico, but I am pretty sure the PowerTech diesel motor in my 5105 was assembled in Mexico, then sent to Georgia. I have also found that some Deere Excavators are assembled in Mexico.